Mass of the day; Gloria; preface of Christmas I - III; Special Communicantes in Roman Canon.
Cycle I
[202] 1 John 2:3-11;Ps 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 5b-6; Luke 2:22-35.
Hours of the day.Te Deum.
red
St. Thomas Becket, bishop and martyr Common of Martyrs, or Common of Pastors Readings from the Common of Saints: [699] 2 Tim 2:8-13; 3:10-12 (#716.5); Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 (#715.2); Matt 16:24-27 (#742.6).
Optional
[RM]
Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. David, king (cf. 2 Sa. 5:3-4) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:
155th anniversary of the death of P. Alphonse Daignault (88) d. 1938 at Montreal, Canada.
Anniversary:
146th anniversary of the death of P+. Robert Brown (70) d. 1947 at Oxford, England.
Anniversary:
134th anniversary of the death of P. José Manuel Teixeira (48) d. 1959 at Soutelo, Braga, Portugal.
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1594
At Paris the execution of Jean Chatel for the attempted execution of King Henry IV. Because he had been educated at the Jesuit College de Clermont, the Society was exiled, its property confiscated, and one of its members executed.
1651
At Prague died Father Bernard Oppel. When Rector of the College he gave his own clothes to the poor, and melted down the church plate to relieve the plague-stricken.
1886
Publication of the beatification decree of the English martyrs.
1975
In Moravia the death of Frantisek Nemec who had been interned in Dachau and then lived in Moscow as a scientist who also taught catechism to children.
1979
A Papal Bull of Pope John Paul II nominates Carlo Martini, S.J. as Archbishop of Milan.
